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Sycamore Hills Golf Club

Yardage: 6,095 yards

Par: 36-36—72

Defending champion: Arizona

Opened: 1989

Designer: Jack Nicklaus

USGA championships: This will be the first USGA championship for the club, but Sycamore Hills has hosted numerous state events, including three Indiana State Amateurs.

Designer notes: The course meanders through property first deeded by Andrew Jackson in 1835 that consists of mature trees, gentle hills and the Aboite River.

Nicklaus on Sycamore Hills: "Sycamore is one of the finest sites we’ve ever had the opportunity on which to design a golf course. [Owner] Jim Kelley says I tell all the owners that, but Sycamore Hills truly is a very, very fine site. It has gorgeous trees, great movement of property, and it had some existing lakes that really functioned quite well. The site had a little river moving through the property which really afforded a lot of opportunities to create different shots."

Indiana and USGA: This will be the 17th USGA event held in Indiana and the second of 2009, following the U.S. Senior Open at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel. In seven previous Women’s State Team Championships, Indiana’s best finish was a tie for ninth in 2003 at Wellesley Country Club in Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Elite company: When Golf Digest named its top new private courses for 1990, Sycamore Hills fell just behind Shadow Creek in North Las Vegas, Nev.

 

  
Championship Facts
PAR AND YARDAGE – Sycamore Hills Golf Club will be set up at 6,095 yards and will play to a par of 36-36—72.

SYCAMORE HILLS GOLF CLUB – Jack Nicklaus designed the golf course, which opened in 1989. The course meanders through property first deeded by Andrew Jackson in 1835 and features mature trees, gentle hills and the Aboite River.

HOLE BY HOLE – 6,095 yards, par 36-36—72;

COURSE AND SLOPE RATING – Sycamore Hills will have a USGA Course Rating® of 76.9 and a USGA Slope Rating® of 140.

COURSE CHARACTERISTICS – Green speeds for the USGA Women’s State Team Championship will be maintained at 10˝ to 11 feet on the USGA Stimpmeter.

There will be three cuts of rough, starting at 1 inch around the teeing grounds and fairways. The intermediate will be cut to 2˝ inches, with the primary rough being cut to 3 inches.

Fairways will be cut between .325 of an inch and .400 of an inch, with teeing grounds cut to .25 inches. Collars around the green will feature a 30-inch width and will be cut to .325 inches.

SCHEDULE OF PLAY – The field will play 18 holes on each of three stroke-play rounds Sept. 1-3 (Tuesday-Thursday). The two lowest scores from each three-person team constitute the team score for each round. The three-day total is the team’s score for the championship. Any first-place ties are broken by the final-round score from the team’s non-scoring player. If the teams are still tied, the tiebreaker will be the second-round score from the team’s non-scoring player.

ADMISSION IS FREE – The general public is invited to attend the championship. Admission and parking are free of charge.

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